State Department offers condolences for death of Iran’s president in ‘baffling’ move, human rights lawyer says

The State Department offered its condolences Monday after the deaths of two Iranian leaders, including the Islamic Republic’s president, a “baffling” move considering Iran’s well-known human rights abuses, a human rights lawyer says. In a statement, the agency expressed “its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other […]

Speaker Johnson Marks End of Raisi’s ‘Brutal Reign’ in Iran

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., released a statement Monday on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. “President Raisi’s brutal reign in Iran was marked by terror, danger, and oppression that ranged from killing women who …[#item_full_content]

Things to know about an AI safety summit in Seoul

South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence, following up on an inaugural AI safety meeting in Britain last year that drew a diverse crowd of tech luminaries, researchers and officials. The gathering in Seoul aims to build on work started at the U.K. meeting on […]